Early September, one of my avid readers, Reese, came to Kuala Lumpur and we met up for a Yong Tow Foo lunch at Ampang. She brought me a bottle of General Tso’s Sauce & Glaze from Boston to let me try it out. I’ve never heard, let alone tasted General Tso’s sauce all these while. Reading the ingredients, it looks like the sauce is a blend of garlic and plum (I think) and I thought this would work well with pork, especially pork chops. In the internet, however, I discovered that this sauce is more famous with what is known as the General Tso Chicken dish but being adventurous myself, I decided to give pork chops a try.

The result was absolutely mouth watering. General Tso’s sauce works well with fried pork chops which have been cut into small cutlets. The slight sour and musky taste compliments the pork chops and made the dish really appetising. My daughter gave it the thumbs up. It is such a simple dish that anyone can try it at home.

Clean the wok and heat up 1 tablespoon of cooking oil. Add garlic and saute till aromatic. Add water. Once water begins to boil, add tomatoes, pork chops and General Tso’s sauce. Stir well and allow sauce to reduce to desired thickness.

I admire your excellent work & your spirit of Sharing. You write well…like a journalist. Have you considered publishing a recipe book of your own? …is good way to preserve some of these recipes for posterity.

Your recipes remind me of the food my mum used to cook in Miri in the 50’s, 60’s & 70’s. I hope to try your recipes here in Canada some time. Just looking at your wonderfully clear pictures causes nostalgia to hit me hard as I scroll through your pages…

mj : LOL! Thanks for your kind compliments. I was toying with the idea of creating an e-recipe book but I will need lots of time to venture into that project 😀 At the moment, this blog is my contribution to all.

And yes, one of the reasons for this blog to surface is to document my family recipes (there are plenty, just not enough time and utensils to do them) and spread them around the world. I am happy to note that some have tried the recipes with success and would be keeping it as part of their family recipes 😀

I hope you’ll try some of these. And do subscribe to this site’s feed so that you don’t miss out on the new postings.